High end vs Drugstore

The High end make up and beauty products out there are strongly liked by many people and I do agree that they are really good quality in general, but not everyone can afford them so I decided to compare high end and drugstore products in three different categories. I decided blush, lipstick and lip gloss. I apologise for some of the bad quality pictures my camera did not want to focus for certain pictures.

The first category is blush.

 I selected the blushers -

•  MAC satin blush in Peony Petal
• Collection Little Mix Perrie Blush
• Urban Decay Afterglow blush in Rapture (I will be posting a full review on this later this week)

 Left to right MAC, Collection and Urban Decay.

I personally really like all three of the blushers, and many will say that the higher end products are not worth it but I disagree as I have never found some of the blush colours anywhere else. I use the collection blush as my everyday blush usually so it proves that price is not everything. You can get make up that is more affordable and get a really great product. However I am not saying the high end products are not worth there money as I believe that they are but I love all of these equally but the product you buy depends on your budget.



Next is lip gloss.

The lip gloss I selected were:

• Model's own hyper lips in premiere plum
• Collection Little Mix Perrie lip gloss
• Urban Decay revolution lip gloss in Liar

 Top to bottom - Model's own, Urban Decay, Collection

I personally really like the Collection and Urban Decay ones as the Model's own one is a bit too sticky. I really like the Collection one for an everyday lip gloss or to put on over lipstick but if you were looking for long lasting and with high levels of pigmentation then you can not beat the Urban Decay one out of this selection. They are definitely worth the money either way but if you want cheaper but higher pigmentation I have heard that the MUA luxe are good for that depending on your budget.

The final category is lipstick.

 For this I selected four which span across the price range:

• MUA lipstick (not sure which shade)
• Model's own festival lipstick in the shad Main Stage
• Rimmel Kate lipstick in 107
• MAC lipstick in Candy Yum-Yum

 Top to bottom - MUA, Rimmel, Model's own and MAC.

I personally would recommend the Model's own, Rimmel and MAC as they all have really great staying power and are all a really nice consistency and you do not have to keep going over to get a solid colour. With the MUA one you have to go over the colour multiple times to get a solid colour, but if you want a very pale base colour then this would be perfect.

Hope you liked this.

Until next time,
Laura x